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April 14, 2012
I have many a faint and fond memory of Eureka Seven, but wasn't sure how to feel about news of its sequel. It ended with a quite profound sense of finality, after all. Everything that needed to be said, was, an…
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Sexuality in anime: Mine Fujiko and Faye Valentine
April 7, 2012
Like any potentially great anime, the new Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna has given us much to talk about already. It's a beautifully animated, adult series the like of which we haven't seen in TV a…
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
“If I told you that I came from the future, would you laugh?” Review of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
If a good movie is hard to come by, surely a good anime movie is like one in a million; what a relief then, because for now, my long search is over – The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Mamoru Hosoda, romance, science fiction, slice of life, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
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Polling Yoko Kanno’s best soundtrack?
I’m a big fan of Yoko Kanno’s music; be it the atmospheric electronica of Macross Plus (1994) or the acoustic style contributed to Wolf’s Rain (2003), it’s hard to ignore the core emotional beauty of her work; a quality that, … Continue reading
Demonic rumbles as claymores get squished in episode 21
I’m really digging Claymore at the moment and each episode is ending on the kind of gut-wrenching cliff hanger that so tempts me to gorge on manga spoilers. Episode 21 is no different; Ligardes is one of the coolest awakened … Continue reading
From rambling to first impressions of Turn A Gundam
Moans about anime blogging that somehow lead into my first impressions of Turn A Gundam. Yes, you read that right, please try to contain your excitement! Continue reading
Anime going mainstream, what’s the point?
The idea that someone would presume to ignore all anime simply because Pokemon sucks. I want to prove them wrong. Continue reading
Posted in Editorials
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Harry Potter, nineteen years later ~ all was well
I know this is supposed to be bateszi anime blog, but allow me this one-off transgression from the norm; I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I promised kauldron26 I’d post up some thoughts. Though this … Continue reading
Please embrace the brilliance of Toward the Terra
I’m writing all this because I’m falling for Toward the Terra. Continue reading
Someone said “anime isn’t deep, it’s just entertainment”
Anime is entertainment. Anime is deep. Anime is ugly. Anime is stupid. Anime is beautiful. Anime is isolation. Anime is culture. Anime is anything to anyone. Continue reading
Posted in Editorials
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